I have been teaching since 2010.
I am currently head of English and PE in a SEN school.
My specialist subject is English,
I enjoy making resources for a range of subjects and abilities.
Hope you find these useful and inspiring, and they help you to save some time.
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I have been teaching since 2010.
I am currently head of English and PE in a SEN school.
My specialist subject is English,
I enjoy making resources for a range of subjects and abilities.
Hope you find these useful and inspiring, and they help you to save some time.
Happy shopping
Resource/ writing frame for students to complete once read the book or watched the film.
Resource can be adapted to suit abilities.
Suitable for KS2/3/4
Treasure Island literacy activities.
x3 activities.
Learning objectives- Giving instructions, drawing from descriptions and creative writing .
Students are asked to create instructions on a treasure map, draw from character description and pick information from the text to create a teasure chest.
Suitable for Entry level, functional skills, KS2/3/4 and SEN English
All resources are adaptable.
Exploring famous mythical creatures.
Reading Activity- comprehension task
Writing Activity- Creative writing.
Key facts and questions to help develop understanding of text.
Creative writing activity - create your own mythical creatures with word mat to help.
This can be used and adapted for KS2-KS4
Can be used in conjunction with AQA Step up to English, Component 2
All clipart is royality free and sourced from Pixabay
All information is sourced from various books and internet sites
Students listen to audio (or read text)
PowerPoint presentation including writing frame for activity
Students learn about the Prince’s Chocolate Palace and get to create their own candy palace.
Speaking and Listening exercise with writing activity.
Suitable for KS2/3/SEN
PowerPoint activity
I used this resource for my AQA Step up to English lesson whilst studying The Railway Children but it can be adapted to fit any book or text.
For the purpose of this activity students read chapter 6 of the book and were then asked to create a comic strip detailing what happened during the chapter using onomatopoeia words and sequencing events.
Includes writing frame for comic and cut out comic art.
A visual placemat or classroom display resource to aid GCSE students with revision and prepare for their GCSE examination.
The resource covers aspects from the Non-Fiction paper- persuasive devices, punctuation and structure.
Also a great resource to help SEN students with their writing in the classroom/on their desk
Print and laminate!
Suitable for KS3/4/GCSE/SEN
Set of literacy activities/lessons along with diffentiated writing frames to work alongside Around the World in 80 Days.
This would link in well with AO1 and A05 of GCSE or Step up to English
Resource is also suitable/adaptable for KS3/SEN students
All on 1 PowerPoint for ease.
Includes reading and writing activities
Hope you enjoy :)
Treasure Island- Robert Louis Stevenson English differentiated activity
This resource can be adapted for students from KS3-KS4.
There are two activities for students to complete.
They can either create a storyboard using the time-line given to them or they can create their own time-line from the pictures.
HA students write their own time-line.
Resource can be adapted to suit different needs and abilities
Lesson Activity where students get to create their own pirate character.
PowerPoint includes lesson outline, characteristics table and writing frame
Suitable for KS2-KS4 and SEN students
Resource can be adapted.
Print writing frame on A3
A lesson and resources for writing a post card home from your recent holiday destination.
Ideal for a literacy lesson or a lesson.
Suitable and adaptable from KS2-KS4 and SEN
Full lesson with writing frames.
I have created this resource for my GCSE students (LA)
It tells the story of Frankenstein in a short story board to help them remember the plot. I have included Mary Shelley’s description of Frankenstein’s monster in chapter 5
Students then have an activity of creating their own monster and monster story using linguistic devices
This resource can be adapted
Literacy activity where students get to create their own robot assistant whilst developing their creative writing.
A great resource for getting students to use adjectives.
Writing frame and activities included.
My students loved this activity.
Suitable for SEN/KS2/KS3
PowerPoint presentation that includes full lesson and resources.
Starter- students draw from character descriptions
Activity 1: Students are given a picture of character and they need to write a description for other students to guess who they are describing
Activity 2: Students are given 3 key cards (setting, character and object) they need to create short story from this using adjectives and linguistic devices
Writing frames and resources all included
Suitable for KS3/4/GCSE/SEN
A mindfulness journal for students to complete during form time, PSHE lessons or during the recovery curriculum after lockdown.
This journal has weekly activities for 7 weeks of school.
Concentrates on being positive, learning how to be mindful, mindfulness colouring, breating activities and learning how to be present in the moment. Some writing activities to link in with the English curriculum.
Students will reflect on their week and fill in their graditude jars to create a more positive mindset
This resource can be adapted for different abilities and the activities can be. Could be used for KS3 to Sixth form.
45 slides in total
All images and illustrations are from Pixabay
My students are currently studying AQA Step Up to English, in preparation for their exam I created this resource to give them a practice for the real exam. This can be adapted for GCSE and KS3 purposes.
We have been studying component 2- Family
For this we have done a series of lessons based on The Secret Garden and The Railway Children.
I have used the AQA exam paper for this module and adapted it to fit in with the two books.
This is a good revision exercise for your students before they sit the paper or students that want to practice some English skills pre-GCSE.
Students practice:
-Inferring
-Creative Writing
-Comparing two texts
My students found it very useful
Hope you enjoy :)
I have created a engaging and interactive revision booklet for GCSE students who are sitting their GCSE.
It is focused around the writing questions (section B of the exams) AO5/6
(it can be used for other exam boards also)
It is detailed and contains key information regarding both papers with various exam style activities to aid revision. Each paper is broken down and contains revision material
It also looks at the stages of PAF, Linguistic techniques SPAG
It contains up to 40 pages and would fill a weeks worth of lessons easily. This can also be printed for students to complete independently for homework/revision.
My students have found this a worthwhile booklet and it has helped them loads
It can be adapted to suit different abilities
I have used it with KS3/4 students and SEN students.
Hope you enjoy :)
This resource can be adapted for GCSE and KS2/3
PowerPoint presentation that highlights what key features you need when writing newspaper articles. Some slides can be printed and used as props/posters/classroom display.
It includes 3 activities:
- Creating a newspaper board
- Annotating an article
- Creating your own article (with planning writing frame)
A presentation that can be used to discuss non-fiction writing in front of the class or individual slides can be printed and laminated for revision mats/posters for the classroom.
This topic focuses on non-fiction writing; speeches, letters. articles.
Suitable for KS2/3/4/SEN/GCSE
Can be adapted
Hope you enjoy :)
A selection of resources that can go alongside reading/watching Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
These resources can be used for writing and speaking and listening activities.
The Chocolate Palace
Chocolate Senses
Diary Entry
Suitable for KS2/3/SEN
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Differentiated lesson activity and resources to develop creative writing skills with KS2/3 and SEN students.
Lesson concentrates on students extending their sentences.
Students look at giving more meaning and life to their writing by using adjectives and verbs.
All tasks are differentiated.
In the pack:
PowerPoint (11 slides) introducing lesson objectives, outlines differentiated tasks, includes x3 writing frames.
x3 self assessment and extending sentences writing frames
Lesson plan
Note: Word cards are not included these were brought from TES prior to the lesson
I used this for a lesson observation and got outstanding.